Close dropdown menu after click outside of navbar using only JavaScript?
I want to make a drop-down menu which one is very simple and when after click outside of nav its automatically hide. note I already make drop-down menu but… I don’t understand how to close it. here is my HTML and javascript code.
<section class="dropdownone">
Dropdown One
Click Dropdown
- home
- about
- profile
</section>
– Code_Ninja
Jul 3 at 8:14
2 Answers
2
Using JavaScript :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
.dropbtn {
background-color: #3498DB;
color: white;
padding: 16px;
font-size: 16px;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
.dropbtn:hover, .dropbtn:focus {
background-color: #2980B9;
}
.dropdown {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #f1f1f1;
min-width: 160px;
overflow: auto;
box-shadow: 0px 8px 16px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
z-index: 1;
}
.dropdown-content a {
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
}
.dropdown a:hover {background-color: #ddd;}
.show {display: block;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Clickable Dropdown</h2>
<p>Click on the button to open the dropdown menu.</p>
</div>
/* When the user clicks on the button,
toggle between hiding and showing the dropdown content */
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById("myDropdown").classList.toggle("show");
}
// Close the dropdown if the user clicks outside of it
window.onclick = function(event) {
if (!event.target.matches('.dropbtn')) {
var dropdowns = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown-content");
var i;
for (i = 0; i
</body>
</html>
– Lars-Olof Kreim
Jul 3 at 8:15
– Husam Ebish
Jul 3 at 8:22
– Noyon Ahmed
Jul 3 at 9:30
– Husam Ebish
Jul 3 at 9:42
Close dropdown menu after click outside of navbar using JavaScript and Menu filter :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<style>
.dropbtn {
background-color: #4CAF50;
color: white;
padding: 16px;
font-size: 16px;
border: none;
cursor: pointer;
}
.dropbtn:hover, .dropbtn:focus {
background-color: #3e8e41;
}
#myInput {
border-box: box-sizing;
background-image: url('searchicon.png');
background-position: 14px 12px;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
font-size: 16px;
padding: 14px 20px 12px 45px;
border: none;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}
#myInput:focus {outline: 3px solid #ddd;}
.dropdown {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
}
.dropdown-content {
display: none;
position: absolute;
background-color: #f6f6f6;
min-width: 230px;
overflow: auto;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
z-index: 1;
}
.dropdown-content a {
color: black;
padding: 12px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
display: block;
}
.dropdown a:hover {background-color: #ddd;}
.show {display: block;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Search/Filter Dropdown</h2>
<p>Click on the button to open the dropdown menu, and use the input field to search for a specific dropdown link.</p>
</div>
/* When the user clicks on the button,
toggle between hiding and showing the dropdown content */
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById("myDropdown").classList.toggle("show");
}
function filterFunction() {
var input, filter, ul, li, a, i;
input = document.getElementById("myInput");
filter = input.value.toUpperCase();
div = document.getElementById("myDropdown");
a = div.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (i = 0; i -1) {
a[i].style.display = "";
} else {
a[i].style.display = "none";
}
}
}
</body>
</html>
– Husam Ebish
Jul 3 at 9:49
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– Lars-Olof Kreim
Jul 3 at 7:58